Though New York City is legally responsible for children in foster care, the city actually provides little of the services the youngsters receive.
The youngsters, most of them from Georgia, will also receive Olympic merchandise and meals.
The determined youngster will receive an award in the 'triumph over adversity' category, watched by his proud family and friends.
He finds hope in an experimental school in North Carolina where youngsters with talent for science and mathematics receive special training.
Rather than cash, the youngsters will receive candy.
The youngsters received counseling at the center and intensive remedial work in English, math, social studies and the sciences.
In 1961 there were still 8,000 cities in which no youngsters received secondary education.
For their hard work these youngsters received an award.
It was the second time in only nine professional starts that the youngster had received a straight red card.
A bright youngster, he received an education in mathematics and statistics from some of the leading European scholars of the day.